A prophet of God who was sent to Nineveh to proclaim God's message of repentance. Jonah struggles with God's mercy towards Nineveh and expresses his frustration in this verse.2. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is compassionate and merciful. He engages with Jonah, ...
Look on our shield, O God; look with favor on your anointed one.New Living TranslationO God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.English Standard VersionBehold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed!Berean Standard BibleTake...
Calm, sweet, sensitive, funny, loyal and happy–every time I opened the door to our house or apartment, her enthusiastic greetings and the hugs (she tolerated them) gave me perspective and joy. The load was always lighter with Penny. Taking care of her and the rest of the zoo gave me ...
Don’t you see that you can’t live however you please, squandering what God paid such a high price for? The physical part of you is not some piece of property belonging to the spiritual part of you. God owns the whole works. So let people see God in and through your body. ...
When we look forward, with an eye of faith, we shall see no reason to envy the wicked. Their weeping and wailing will be everlasting. The life of religion is a believing trust in the Lord, and diligent care to serve him according to his will. It is not trusting God, but tempting ...
Consider your own body. The Bible says that God “knit” each of us together in our mother’s wombs. Scientists are now coming to understand that this word “knit” is more appropriate than anyone realized previously. Our muscles and sinews and internal organs and bones are literally “knit...
my body also will rest in hope(NIV) This same verse is written like this inThe Message “I’m glad from the inside out, ecstatic; I’ve pitched my tent in the land of hope.” Thinking about tents a little further, I created a list of ”attributes” ...
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth. 19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. 20 And it shall come to pass in that day,...
I figured I had better practice my Bible verse. I’d read through fourteen options in the leather folio, had selected more or less at random. Now, I said it aloud, reading from a photocopy: “‘Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die, but we will all be changed,...
When you have kids and a husband whose job demands all of his energy and most of his time, this is just how it is, right? Not really. Whenever my kids—particularly my daughter—came to me with a problem, I tried to console them that “it’s like this for everybody.” And I ...